Celtic Noise

On the face of it, Celtic travelling to Ibrox for a League Cup tie without a single supporter inside the stadium sounds like a major disadvantage.

A full house behind the Ibrox side. No pocket of green and white. Nobody there to roar Celtic forward or celebrate if we stick the ball in their net.

Do you know what, though?

I’m not convinced i...

I think it was the first "everyone remembers where they were" moments for me.

I couldnt be bothered with school. It was 3 days before our family holiday to Spain so I was in holiday mode. I told my mum I wasnt feeling well, knowing she would keep me off to make sure I was well enough to fly. She and dad went to work and I was up and out!

I remember wal...

As we get closer to Sunday’s game, more and more you’re reading articles in the papers from people talking about the fan ban, as it’s being called. But let’s be clear: that’s the wrong word to use, because it suggests that the governing bodies have done something momentous and imposed some great punishment.

That isn’t really what happened. This was not a unilateral ...

History turns on a dime. That’s the phrase, isn’t it? Have you ever wondered what it means? It means that the gap between success and catastrophic failure is sometimes so small as to be virtually impossible to comprehend.

It means that everything that has happened to us as a species has happened along a historic trail that could have gone in any number of other dire...

Derek McInnes — the nasty, gruesome rat, the manager of the Ibrox mob — has apparently decided that the secret of beating Celtic is to harness the power of a capacity Ibrox crowd. A poisonous atmosphere, thousands of supporters roaring their team on, and suddenly the Champions of Scotland are supposed to be blown away.

Wait a minute, McInnes. An early-season blow on...